LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Roland Moore of Barrow. He was appointed second coxswain in 1941 and after a break for war service became coxswain in 1947. In 1958 he was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry for a service in which...

(right) The day itself: Some of the Bottle Stall team ready for action, (I. to r.) Mrs Meg Myerscough, Mrs Ann Daly, Patrick McLarnon, Mrs Zita Mulhern and Mrs Gaby Mooney..

The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7i feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the air-cases, which give extra buoyancy...

The RNLI/Kodak Photography Competition prompted an overwhelming response. After much deliberation the judges chose this outstanding photograph by Hilary Watkins, a senior NHS Manager, as the overall winner.

Hilary's...

The women of Cresswell, Northumberland, help with the recovery of the lifeboat Martha.. - View image in PDF

Sennen Cove and St. Ives, Cornwall -At noon on 12th April, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Sennen Cove life-boat station that the owner of the exhibition galleon Hispaniola had expressed concern for the safety of...

When Rackhams, of Birmingham, held a British week during the period 8th to 26th August, 1967, the eight selling floors of their premises - some 488,821 square feet - were turned into a giant exhibition hall. The...

THE presentation to Miss Alice Brown, vice president of the Caister on Sea ladies' life-boat guild, of a silver badge has created something of a record. For her family now holds one gold badge and three silver...